End of a normal life

Chapter 10

Blake POV.

The morning was quiet.

The sky was just beginning to lighten, a pale blue color washed over the horizon as I hit the pavement of my quiet neighborhood. My sneakers thumped against the ground one after the other as I pierced through the wind.

The cool air of the early morning was refreshing. It felt absolutely amazing as I exhaled deeply, my breath visible in the faint light of the rising sun. The streets were quiet, it was after all a bit too early for anyone to come out of their homes aside from people like me who jogged early in the morning.

"Oh Morning Blake." A fellow jogger waved at me as she jogged towards me.

"Morning Jannet." I greeted back as before we both passed each other.

A brief greeting was all that we needed to share, we weren't friends after all.

Jannet was someone who I always saw jogging early in the morning and late in the evening. I wasn't sure what her goal was, but as a fellow jogger I couldn't help but root for her.

I loved jogging—no, it'd be better to say I loved exercise. It helped me get my mind off of things and helped me stay focus on any important matters. It also helped me stay physically fit.

Aiden and I used to jog a lot when we were younger, we'd play sports, train and even spar together. Although when we were separated and sent to different high schools this stopped because we were both in boarding schools and while mine was filled with athletes, Aiden told me his was filled with academically smart people.

I wouldn't survive in a place like that at all.

Once we were reunited for university, I thought we could go back to how things were before but our father was suddenly taken away from us while trying to save people from a fire.

I sighed, my breath dissipated before me as I continued my strides.

I could feel my muscles loosening and my heart becoming calmer as I made my way to the neighborhood's park.

I really needed some alone time, I had stayed away from the house the entirety of yesterday because I needed to think. Even if Aiden reassured me that I could find out what was happening between my sister and Dillon, I still wasn't sure I could do much without his help.

He and I were the perfect team after all, with him the brains and me the brawn. Together we'd never lose.

Yet I couldn't help but feel like soon enough my brother will move away, leaving all of us including myself behind while he moved on to another section of his life.

Will I stop him?

I don't know...

I want to, I don't want to be separated from my brother, but with everything happening at home... I don't want to hold him back. He may be able to hide it well, but I'm smart enough and have lived with him long enough to know that he's suffered greatly.

I don't want to be the one that holds him back from becoming happy.

Instead I want to be the one that helps him find happiness.

Just like he helped me.

I sighed and began to slow down.

I didn't know what to do, how to handle my sister's situation, the situation with Lorry and Aisha and my own situation.

I was confused.

Aiden seemed dead set on what to do, his mind was already made.

But why couldn't I make my mind?